Kaliv (Hasidic dynasty)
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The Kaliver Dynasty began with Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Taub (1744-1828) of Kaliv
(Kalov, Kalev), Hungary
. He was the first Hassidic Rebbe
in Hungary
. He was discovered by Rabbi Leib Sarah's
, a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. Rabbi Leib first met Rabbi Isaac when he was a small child, a small shepherd boy. Rabbi Leib told his mother, a widow, that her son was destined to be a great Tzaddik. He took the small child to Nikolsburg to learn with Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg
. Rabbi Isaac grew to be a great rebbe and was known as "the Sweet Singer of Israel". He composed many popular Hasidic melodies. Often he adapted Hungarian folk songs, adding Jewish words. He taught that the tunes he heard were really from the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, and were lost among the nations over the years, and he found them and returned them to the Jewish people. He said that the proof that it was true was that the gentile who would teach him the song would forget it as soon as the rebbe learned it. He was famous for composing the traditional Hungarian Hasidic tune "Szól a kakas már".
Today there are two Kaliver Rebbe
s. They are distinguished by the spelling of their title. The rebbe in Jerusalem is called the Kaliver Rebbe, . The rebbe in New York is the Kalover Rebbe, .
is the Kaliver Rebbe in Israel, the son of the Rozler Rov, and son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Pinchos Shapiro, the Kechneyer Rebbe, scion of the Nadvorna
Dynasty.
In 1944 he was put on a transport to Auschwitz by the Nazis, and he arrived there three days before Shavuos
. He was transferred from there to the Warsaw Ghetto
and the Breslau concentration camp, and later to Bergen-Belsen
. Six months after the war ended he discovered that his wife had survived, and they were reunited in Sweden
. In 1947 they migrated to the United States of America, where he began his work in memorializing the Holocaust in Cleveland, Ohio
.
He moved to Israel in 1962. Upon coming to Israel, the Rebbe created Kiryas Kaliv in Rishon LeZion. The foundation stone was laid on 7 Adar
5723 (3 March 1963), the day of the Yahrtzeit of the founder of the dynasty, Grand Rabbi Isaac Taub. Several years later he moved his headquarters to Bnei Brak. In 2004, the rebbe's court moved to Jerusalem.
During the last 60 years, since World War II
, the rebbe has traveled to millions of Jews with his story and the saying of Shema Yisrael
. He is also active in Jewish outreach and holds regular lectures for groups of professionals, including doctors and police officers. In addition, a Network of Kollelim, An Encyclopedia Project, and Several other divisions of Kaliv have been founded.
. His synagogue is in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn
. His father was the previous Kalover Rebbe of Williamsburg, Grand Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Taub, the author of Chakal Tapuchin. The present rebbe travels all around the world teaching Jewish people about Judaism.
Nagykálló
Nagykálló is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Before World War II it belonged to Szabolcs county.-History:...
(Kalov, Kalev), Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. He was the first Hassidic Rebbe
Rebbe
Rebbe , which means master, teacher, or mentor, is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word Rabbi. It often refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement...
in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. He was discovered by Rabbi Leib Sarah's
Leib Sarah's
Rabbi Leib Sarah's was a Chassidic Rebbe and a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov.-External links:*...
, a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. Rabbi Leib first met Rabbi Isaac when he was a small child, a small shepherd boy. Rabbi Leib told his mother, a widow, that her son was destined to be a great Tzaddik. He took the small child to Nikolsburg to learn with Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg
Shmelke of Nikolsburg
Shmelke of Nikolsburg was one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. Born Shmuel Horowitz Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg, Moravia) was one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. Born Shmuel Horowitz Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg,...
. Rabbi Isaac grew to be a great rebbe and was known as "the Sweet Singer of Israel". He composed many popular Hasidic melodies. Often he adapted Hungarian folk songs, adding Jewish words. He taught that the tunes he heard were really from the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, and were lost among the nations over the years, and he found them and returned them to the Jewish people. He said that the proof that it was true was that the gentile who would teach him the song would forget it as soon as the rebbe learned it. He was famous for composing the traditional Hungarian Hasidic tune "Szól a kakas már".
Today there are two Kaliver Rebbe
Rebbe
Rebbe , which means master, teacher, or mentor, is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word Rabbi. It often refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement...
s. They are distinguished by the spelling of their title. The rebbe in Jerusalem is called the Kaliver Rebbe, . The rebbe in New York is the Kalover Rebbe, .
Jerusalem
Grand Rebbe Menachem Mendel TaubMenachem Mendel Taub
Menachem Mendel Taub, known as The Kaliver Rebbe, is a prominent Hasidic rabbi who is the Rebbe of the Kaliver Chassidic movement...
is the Kaliver Rebbe in Israel, the son of the Rozler Rov, and son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Pinchos Shapiro, the Kechneyer Rebbe, scion of the Nadvorna
Nadvorna
Nadvorna may refer to:*Nadvirna is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in southwestern Ukraine.*Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism....
Dynasty.
In 1944 he was put on a transport to Auschwitz by the Nazis, and he arrived there three days before Shavuos
Shavuot
The festival of is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan ....
. He was transferred from there to the Warsaw Ghetto
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of all Jewish Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. It was established in the Polish capital between October and November 15, 1940, in the territory of General Government of the German-occupied Poland, with over 400,000 Jews from the vicinity...
and the Breslau concentration camp, and later to Bergen-Belsen
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Bergen-Belsen was a Nazi concentration camp in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle...
. Six months after the war ended he discovered that his wife had survived, and they were reunited in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. In 1947 they migrated to the United States of America, where he began his work in memorializing the Holocaust in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
.
He moved to Israel in 1962. Upon coming to Israel, the Rebbe created Kiryas Kaliv in Rishon LeZion. The foundation stone was laid on 7 Adar
Adar
Adar is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 29 days...
5723 (3 March 1963), the day of the Yahrtzeit of the founder of the dynasty, Grand Rabbi Isaac Taub. Several years later he moved his headquarters to Bnei Brak. In 2004, the rebbe's court moved to Jerusalem.
During the last 60 years, since World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the rebbe has traveled to millions of Jews with his story and the saying of Shema Yisrael
Shema Yisrael
Shema Yisrael are the first two words of a section of the Torah that is a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services...
. He is also active in Jewish outreach and holds regular lectures for groups of professionals, including doctors and police officers. In addition, a Network of Kollelim, An Encyclopedia Project, and Several other divisions of Kaliv have been founded.
New York
Grand Rebbe Moses Taub is the Kalover Rebbe in AmericaUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. His synagogue is in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
. His father was the previous Kalover Rebbe of Williamsburg, Grand Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Taub, the author of Chakal Tapuchin. The present rebbe travels all around the world teaching Jewish people about Judaism.
Lineage of Dynasty
- Grand Rabbi Isaac Taub of Kaliv (1751-1821)
- Grand Rabbi Moshe Chaim Taub of Kaliv-Zidichov (d. 1831)—son of Rabbi Isaac, son-in-law of Rabbi Tzvi of ZidichovZidichov (Hasidic dynasty)Ziditshov is a Hasidic dynasty originating in town Ziditshoyv , in Galicia . It was founded by Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Ziditshov...
- Grand Rabbi Shlomo Taub of Kaliv-Rozlo (1820-1879)—son of rabbi Moshe Chaim, son-law of his uncle, Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Eichenstein of Rozlo
- Grand Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Taub of Kaliv-Rozlo (1849-1886)
- Rabbi Pinchas Chaim Taub Chief Rabbi of Rozlo (d. 1936)—son of Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi and author of Toras Chesed, Ohel Moed and Alufei Yehudo; lived in Margareten during World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
- Rabbi Yehuda Yechiel Taub, Chief Rabbi of Rozlo (d. 1938)—son of Rabbi Pinchos Chaim and author of Lev Someach heChodosh
- Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendel TaubMenachem Mendel TaubMenachem Mendel Taub, known as The Kaliver Rebbe, is a prominent Hasidic rabbi who is the Rebbe of the Kaliver Chassidic movement...
of Kaliv, present Kaliver Rebbe
- Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub
- Rabbi Yehuda Yechiel Taub, Chief Rabbi of Rozlo (d. 1938)—son of Rabbi Pinchos Chaim and author of Lev Someach heChodosh
- Grand Rabbi Moshe Taub of Kalov (d. 1936)— son of Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi and author of Es Ratzon
- Grand Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Taub of Kalov (1901-1978), author of Chakal Tapuchin
- Grand Rabbi Moshe Taub of Kalov, present Kalover Rebbe
- Grand Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Taub of Kalov (1901-1978), author of Chakal Tapuchin
- Rabbi Pinchas Chaim Taub Chief Rabbi of Rozlo (d. 1936)—son of Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi and author of Toras Chesed, Ohel Moed and Alufei Yehudo; lived in Margareten during World War I
- Grand Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Taub of Kaliv-Rozlo (1849-1886)
- Grand Rabbi Shlomo Taub of Kaliv-Rozlo (1820-1879)—son of rabbi Moshe Chaim, son-law of his uncle, Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Eichenstein of Rozlo
- Grand Rabbi Moshe Chaim Taub of Kaliv-Zidichov (d. 1831)—son of Rabbi Isaac, son-in-law of Rabbi Tzvi of Zidichov
External links
- Official website of Kalov of Williamsburg
- Official website of Kaliv of Jerusalem
- Video about Kaliver Rebbe from Israel
- Video of the Kaliver Rebbe from Jerusalem at a wedding
- "Szol a kakas mar" by Rabbi Isaac Taub
- "Sol a kokosh mar" by Rabbi Isaac Taub
- Wedding Dance Tune composed by Rabbi Isaac Taub of Kalov
- Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik Taub of Kalev
- The Singing Tzaddik